Saturday, May 17, 2025

Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 5.17.25

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]


House Voting Schedule

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30

-- Committee Schedule


Senate Voting Schedule

June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-- Committee Schedule


TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 


May 19-- Agenda Posted. House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on House Bill 501 (Otten-D-Chester) establishes the PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard to modernize Pennsylvania’s outdated energy standards, incentivizing innovation in nuclear and renewable energy, including battery storage, to remain competitive with other states, part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m.


May 20-- Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Geoff Bristow, gbristow@pa.gov  or (717) 783-8411.  Click Here for options to join remotely.   (formal notice)  



-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 17   [PaEN] 


-- DEP Posted 91 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 17 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]


-- DEP Issues Air Quality Plan Approval For Expansion Of Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County  [PaEN] 


-- The Allegheny Front - Julie Grant: PA Senate Bill Would Cut Drilling Impact Fees For  Communities That Restrict Fracking   


-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Another Study Identifies Health Risks During Unconventional Oil & Gas Production Even For Those Living Within 1,000 Feet Or More Of Wells  [PaEN]


-- PublicSource.org - Jake Vasilias: Peering Into A Shale Gas Driller’s Pledge Of ‘Radical Transparency’  [CNX Resources]   


-- FracTracker Alliance: CNX Not-So-Radical Transparency Provides Incomplete Information, Heavily Downplays Dangers Of Shale Gas Development  


-- Marcellus Drilling News: Fracking Halted At Encino Shale Gas Well Pad In Ohio Linked To Earthquakes  [PDF of Article]


-- WFMJ: Fracking Halted At Ohio Shale Gas Well Pad Following Earthquakes In The Area 


-- Avonlea Environmental Technologies Reports Success Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Lithium Extraction Pilot Plant In Susquehanna County  [PaEN]


-- Scranton Times: NE PA Could Become Major Supplier Of Lithium For Batteries


-- Penn State University To Host Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 21  [PaEN]


-- EPA Awards $12.3 Million In Brownfield Assessment, Cleanup Grants In Pennsylvania [PaEN] 


-- Smithton Borough Council Honors Mayor Christine Tutena With Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Community Pride Award In Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Alterra Energy LLC Thermochemical Plastics Recycling Plant Air Quality Permit Application For A Location In Luzerne County  [PaEN] 


-- DEP Approves Tire Derived Fuel For Stronghold Digital Mining’s Panther Creek Coal Waste Power Plant In Carbon County  [PaEN] 


-- WTAE: Duquesne Light Reflects On Storm Response, Aims For Improvement


-- Lancaster Conservancy, Partners: Lancaster Water Week June 6-14 


-- The Nature Conservancy PA Protects 1,158 Acres In Somerset County  [PaEN]


-- Warren Times: Sen. Hutchinson To Introduce Legislation To Require Local Approval Before State Agencies Can Purchase Land 


-- Erie Times: No Federal Funds For Sand Replenishment Work At Presque Isle State Park 


-- The Allegheny Front: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Opens Accessible Trail, Discovery Space In Frick Park  


-- The Allegheny Front: Raystown Wildlife Watch Invites Visitors To Help Conservation Efforts With Mobile App 


-- PennLive: Rare Piebald Robin Spotted At Riverview Park In Pittsburgh


-- DCNR Names Ben Monk New Manager For Laurel Hill State Park Complex In Southwest PA


International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]


-- AAA Gasoline Prices:  National- $3.19  Ohio- $3.08  PA- $3.30


-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs At 18, Same For 4 Weeks


-- Wall Street Journal: US Shale Gas/Oil Drillers Say Peak Shale Has Arrived 


New Federal Administration


-- Williamsport Sun: Pennsylvania Hardwoods Industry Worries About President’s Tariffs


PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: What To Expect In Pennsylvania’s State Primaries

-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reported April Unemployment Increased 0.1% In April To 3.9%

-- Williamsport Sun: Pennsylvania Hardwoods Industry Worries About President’s Tariffs

-- AP: Moody’s Strips US Government Of Top Credit Rating, Citing Failure To Rein In Debt

-- AP: How The S&P 500 Recovered All Of Its Losses For The Year [President Rolled Back Some Of His Tariffs]

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[Posted: May 17, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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